# Dighavat Village, Sakaldiha, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sakaldiha, Chandauli 

# Dighavat

Dighavat is a village in Sakaldiha sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,859 people in 796 households**, the 5th largest of 456 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 5,859people (2011)
- 796households
- 70.0%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dighavat

Of every 100 households in Dighavat in 2011, 24 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dighavat · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**80%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****89%**

**77%

Television ****31%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**9%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Dighavat?

■ Dighavat · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.0%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**911

Working population ****37.2%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 56.4% for women. 46% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 316 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 598 (27%) · **■** Household industry 57 (3%) · **■** Other work 377 (17%) · **■** Marginal 833 (38%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sakaldiha

- Dhanapur20,450 people
- Nadi Nidhaura8,646 people
- Ramgarh6,847 people
- Kamalpur6,239 people
- Zura Haradhan5,781 people
- Revasa5,727 people
- Kawipaharpur5,671 people
- Hingutar Jagdishpur5,186 people

[All 493 villages in Sakaldiha](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chandauli/sakaldiha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dighavat?5,859 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dighavat in?Chandauli district (Sakaldiha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dighavat?70.0% (Census 2011)